Exploring client messages in a therapist-guided internet intervention for alcohol use disorders - A content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing interest in offering therapist-guided internet interventions for alcohol use disorders (AUD) in regular addiction services. Elucidating the therapeutic processes during these interventions may help improve clinical delivery. The aim of this paper was to investigate written messages from client to therapist in a therapist-guided internet intervention for AUD.

Methods

Data was extracted from the therapist-guided arm (n = 57) of a randomized trial of internet interventions for AUD. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify distinct categories of client behaviors in written messages to therapists. Coding was deductive (applying categories from past literature) as well as inductive (identifying new categories from the data). Subsequent

SUBMITTER: Kraepelien M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605073 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature